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A group of Kansas City council members gave preliminary approval Monday to a plan to add more transparency to legal settlements made by the police department.
Plan from Kansas City leaders is to put spotlight on costs of police settlements
This year, the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department has paid more than $10 million in settlements. During a meeting last month, Police Chief Stacey Graves explained these settlement payments are one reason the department asked for more money to finish out the fiscal year…